 couchand (182), Iowa City, Iowa, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 5/5 | 17/20 |
Apr 27, 2008 Hazy brownish black with a creamy straw head.
Thick, sweet, roasty aroma.
Some sweetness and strong roast, caramel, toast, and bisuit flavor.
Thick and full palate without being cloying.
Gregis (1136), Shawnee, Kansas, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Apr 25, 2008 On tap at the brewpub. Pours black with garnet highlights and a creamy mocha head that reduces to an oily surface. The nose is of dark roast, chocolate cake, dark fruit and a light ashiness. Full-bodied and oily with a roasted, lightly bitter finish. Dark roasted malt blends with notes of dark fruit and chocolate ending roasty and lightly dry. This is a tasty brew.
FlssmrBrewAlum (1190), Lisle, Illinois, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Mar 28, 2008 Updated: Mar 15, 2009Sampled from the full sampler at Flossmoor Station. Poured an almost black with some deep red undertones with a nice head. Smells of roasted darker malts with a bit of sweetness. Syrupy strong taste with roasted malts and a nice warming effect. Roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, caramel notes and alcohol are the most prominent features of taste. Finishes slightly sweet.
Rerate - On tap at FFF Brewpub, tasting in honor of back-to-back GABF Medals. This beer is much improved. The sampler was a bad place to rate this originally. Largely chocolatey malt sweetness up front with some roastiness balanced with a boozy back end that is pleasant and warming. A brew very welcome for the coming winter. Cheers
Walt (2289), Chicago, Illinois, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Mar 23, 2008 Pour is light brownish with ruby highlights and a thin tan head...smell is toasty and sweet with caramel and toffee...the tast is strongly sweet at first with the same toffee and caramel....the finish was a little sharp and alcoholic...
dm9831 (1168), Monee, Illinois, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Mar 13, 2008 thick thick dark black color, thick thick tan fluffy head. mild aroma of fruit and cocoa mixed with air. flovor starts thick, grainy, with a roasty tone coming through. finishes lighter than i expected with slight sweetness in the finish. best of the night.
csbosox (1085), Prairie Village, Kansas, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Mar 3, 2008 On tap at the 2007 GTMW: Black colored with red tints. Aroma is mildly roasty with dark caramel, alcohol, and lactose. Taste mirrors the aroma and comes across as sweet & syrupy.
Driftwood6 (214), USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Feb 18, 2008 On tap some time ago at Flossmoor. Wish I had taken notes, but it was the best baltic porter I had tried. Very think and compelx wihtout being too syrupy or cloyingly sweet. It’s like a big version of a session beer-- highly drinkable.
iowaherkeye (1893), Los Angeles, California, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Jan 15, 2008 Notes from Dark Lord Day ’07. Dark brown with a one finger medium brown head, fades to a ring. Aroma of coffee, roast, some grain, alcohol and raisins--in that order. Flavor had alcohol, roast, some coffee--spicy alcohol and a bit of soy. Medium full body with light to moderate carbonation. I’ve got another rating/sample somewhere from the GTMW, I just need to find it.
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